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the growth of new city and to the first day of america. and at major world of a finance and trade complete with its first grand central station. vanderbilt played a major part in all of these events, and more. as t.j. stiles writes the commodores live left his mark on america's most basic beliefs about equality and opportunity did he start a business at the very epitome of the jacksonian ideal am a working man's desiring only a level playing field to compete against the vested interest that he ended it as a symbol of any quality of unmovic as the gilded age, would've made americans question for the first time the dangers of didacticism and business. is testament and acquainting americans with the very idea of the modern corporation of the enormous be depersonalized business entity. what cornelius vanderbilt was a young man americans work almost exclusively as farmers and small businessmen and what money they saw was mostly solid going. corporations were a rarity. entities of direction for multis to complete large public projects such as ro
the growth of new city and to the first day of america. and at major world of a finance and trade complete with its first grand central station. vanderbilt played a major part in all of these events, and more. as t.j. stiles writes the commodores live left his mark on america's most basic beliefs about equality and opportunity did he start a business at the very epitome of the jacksonian ideal am a working man's desiring only a level playing field to compete against the vested interest that he...
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that was america at its best. and it was a -- it was a kind of experience that brought together people of all races, all ages, male and female, all denominations. but there was a sense of unity. and i think that's -- that was the heart of that day, and i think it was only as years have gone by that we see that we lost that drive. the climate has changed. c-span: how many white people were there? >> guest: oh, many. many. the representation was just phenomenal. c-span: what was the purpose of the march? >> guest: well, it was really a march for jobs and freedom. you know, a. philip randolph, who called the march, had called one during the roosevelt administration, but president roosevelt issued executive order 8802. and so his march -- that march never was realized. but this time, a. philip randolph called for the march, and it was for jobs and freedom. the first call really helped to get the principle of fair employment practices moving, but this time, it was an effort to really speak up for jobs and for equality
that was america at its best. and it was a -- it was a kind of experience that brought together people of all races, all ages, male and female, all denominations. but there was a sense of unity. and i think that's -- that was the heart of that day, and i think it was only as years have gone by that we see that we lost that drive. the climate has changed. c-span: how many white people were there? >> guest: oh, many. many. the representation was just phenomenal. c-span: what was the purpose...
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has written this book "jailhouse lawyers" he is a prophetic voice and tries to tell the truth about america from the vantage point* of the least of these also from the 25th chapter of matthew and as an intellectual concerned about working people and gay brothers and lesbian sisters and hatred against jews and arabs and most the peak of the corporate greed that has been pushing the democratic project nearly off the cliff in the last 25 or 30 years. it to say why brother mumia abu-jamal? he deserves a fair trial i am convinced he did not do it and he is a prophetic voice and also number three, but he warns us to come to terms with the deaths of the crisis of the american empire and civilization and how do we somehow get some accountability of the greed on wall street the connection end of greedy oligarchs with our politicians and how do you creates a weakening so we can shatter the sleepwalking among those of the everyday people. >> i certainly would to a knowledge my debts by the number of people in this room and you can see it is not as boring as some people think to live in princeton. [lau
has written this book "jailhouse lawyers" he is a prophetic voice and tries to tell the truth about america from the vantage point* of the least of these also from the 25th chapter of matthew and as an intellectual concerned about working people and gay brothers and lesbian sisters and hatred against jews and arabs and most the peak of the corporate greed that has been pushing the democratic project nearly off the cliff in the last 25 or 30 years. it to say why brother mumia...
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however they take him to america in general clinton there are three general clinton's and the american revolution to american and one british and they are part of the connecticut troops who were given regular british army uniforms to where that were captured act see an unknown as the revco regimen. -- redcoats regiment. when he realizes he has been captured he swallows the silver bullet. he is observed in and day give him stuff to bring up the message and brings it up and shoves it down again. [laughter] at which time clinton the stars to lose his patience and says he will take the charter again and it will stay up or he will reach three bit through surgery at the end of a bayonet. he brings it up and is convicted and hong in kingston new york. but in some of you may have coats were you have a cloth over the button this was a fashion popular at the time of the american revolution on your overcoat were the buttons to match the cloth of the jacket. what was happening in philadelphia while the british were in occupation children could go in and out of the lines pretty much without being h
however they take him to america in general clinton there are three general clinton's and the american revolution to american and one british and they are part of the connecticut troops who were given regular british army uniforms to where that were captured act see an unknown as the revco regimen. -- redcoats regiment. when he realizes he has been captured he swallows the silver bullet. he is observed in and day give him stuff to bring up the message and brings it up and shoves it down again....
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in situations like that, the story i wanted to tell was the one i saw america of the way i see america today and and hopefully with one small impact the way we think ourselves but i have often been a journalist or a writer most of my life and i could never get over the fact they could roam the world, particularly germany where i spend my time talking to old commies and older nazis. and they are all there. it is much more clear now than it was up the time because the american people were widely in support of the airlift and truman, one of the things not talked about the we literally ran out of mechanics so we recruited general clay, a former mechanic to service the c47 and c54. he was warned not to do that there would be sabotage but he did not think there would be. they were saving their own families lies then there was not. although it was a comment coming together of the new american army although i will tell a story first of the nazi who became that an aircraft designer and became her minister and of argentina under para loan. an old man now and a great expert on wind power. i know
in situations like that, the story i wanted to tell was the one i saw america of the way i see america today and and hopefully with one small impact the way we think ourselves but i have often been a journalist or a writer most of my life and i could never get over the fact they could roam the world, particularly germany where i spend my time talking to old commies and older nazis. and they are all there. it is much more clear now than it was up the time because the american people were widely...
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. >> caller: hello, america. i have a brief question regarding the mckinley administration and subsequent roosevelt administration. i have, you know, been a scholar of presidential history, but i do not -- by no means do i consider myself a presidential historian. as a recent government and international politics major, i have a great interest in the office of the presidency, and my question was relating to president mckinley's final inaugural address in which he seemed to have solved the manufacturing, labor and industrial issues that we were having at the time while also providing for a $41 million tax cut. and when president roosevelt talked about president mckinley in his first address to the nation, he said that at the time of president mckinley's assassination he was the most beloved man in the entire united states. can you shed some light into why that was the case for president mckinley? >> host: thank you, boulder. let's leave it there. >> guest: by the way, there's no special training course to become a
. >> caller: hello, america. i have a brief question regarding the mckinley administration and subsequent roosevelt administration. i have, you know, been a scholar of presidential history, but i do not -- by no means do i consider myself a presidential historian. as a recent government and international politics major, i have a great interest in the office of the presidency, and my question was relating to president mckinley's final inaugural address in which he seemed to have solved the...